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    Default Re: US Citizen Marrying a Salvadorean

    This does have a few more complications than normal marriage/adjust status. You definately should be speaking directly with a good immigration attorney.

    According to this document, if she arrived after February 2001, she should not be eligible for TPS. It says a Salvadorean entering after will be processed with the normal immigration laws.

    http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/TPSQ_030201.pdf

    I am unsure how she got the TPS...but if she is subject to the post 2001 rules, then she would have a very difficult time adjusting her status based on marriage, since she entered illegally.

    If someone comes into the US legally, and overstays, they can adjust the status based on marriage. However, if they come illegally, then most likely will not be allowed to adjust status, and will be deported and subject to a 10 year ban on re-entry.

    Here is a link to the process to adjust the status based on Marriage.

    http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...0045f3d6a1RCRD

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    Default Re: US Citizen Marrying a Salvadorean

    mmadsen55,

    Thanks for the reply! After discussing further with my G/F she is not sure on when she arrived to the States. Although now it looks like in 2001 because she was here months before 9/11. Either way, she did state that she did have help filling out application for TPS so it is very possible that false information was filed on original application in regards to actaul date of arrival to the USA. For the sake of argument, if her actual date does fall into the eligble date for TPS, is there any chance that she would be able to change her status without being banned from the US for 3-10 yrs? The more I read and hear stories, it looks like this situation will cost a lot of money and there are no guarantees that she will be banned from the US for many yrs.

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